Huawei to provide managed services for Saudi Arabia's Mobily

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (Huawei), a leader in providing next generation telecommunications network solutions for worldwide operators, announced on Thursday that it has been selected by Mobily, a leading mobile operator in Saudi Arabia, as its managed services partner under a three-year multi-vendor agreement.

This managed services agreement will enable Mobily to reduce operations costs through the better use of capital and resources. Under the agreement, Huawei will be responsible for network operations, back office, field operations, network optimization and spare parts management.

Additionally, Huawei will be maintaining multi-vendor telecom equipment and acting on behalf of Mobily to manage multi-vendor spare parts and 3rd level support.

Huawei's contract sales for managed service projects around the world grew by 355% in 2007. The company is committed to supporting its existing customers by developing the latest service solutions and growing its managed services business to reduce their total cost of ownership for operators of telecom networks.